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About the Artist:
I do not see reality as a collection of objects, but rather as an integrated, dynamic and singular whole. It is in this way of seeing that guides the recent paintings I am presenting. I begin by deconstructing the contours of forms, allowing for color to flow in and out of forms as well as from foregrounds to backgrounds. Also, color and flat amorphous shapes define forms and fragments them into the general field of the paintings. Color and its traits—hue, value and saturation—are used to deconstruct the implied pictorial space. Color, shape, and space become an integrated, paradoxical, symphonic whole which is constructed like a jazz composition. Intuition guides the interplay of all the visual elements within the field of the painting surface. This may seem strange, but a painting pretty much creates itself. I get things started and then follow where the painting wants me to go. I become one with the act of painting, which is completed when it becomes an integrated dynamic whole. The whole needs to be what I call an “enduring aesthetic presence.”
Besides being a painter, I also do photography and public art. I taught for 42 years in higher education. I taught for 2 years at the University of Illinois in Urbana, 18 years at Wichita State University, and 22 years at Broward College, in Davie, FL. I have also been a guest lecturer at Auburn, Purdue, Emporia State, and Oklahoma State Universities to name a few. I have served on art panels and have juried exhibitions and art festivals.
Lastly, I was born in Tampa, FL. At age 26 I moved to the Midwest for 21 years to attend graduate school and teach in the area. After putting my son through college, I left my tenured position at Wichita State University to move to Fort Lauderdale, where I lived for 22 years before moving to Mount Dora, FL, where I have been living for 6 years and where I maintain my studio. I am a year-round resident of Florida.
Biographical Narrative
Raymond Olivero Mr. Olivero is a painter and photographer who received his BA in painting from the University of South Florida and his MFA in painting from the University of Illinois. Since his schooling, his art has been included in many exhibitions which include 23 one-person shows, 78 group invitationals, and 64 national and 38 regional competitions. He received awards at 30 of these competitions. He was awarded an NEA Regional Fellowship, a Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, the Broward County Duane Hanson Fellowship in Public Art, 2 university research grants and 11 public art commissions. He is also a member of the Florida artist group FLAGG. In addition, Mr. Olivero’s art is represented in numerous public and private collections. As a professor in higher education, he taught for 42 years. He was a visiting artist/speaker at 15 different universities and museums and served on 7 art panels throughout the years. Presently, he continues as a full-time artist.